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But all the king's horses couldn't give this fashion victim of a play a fully convincing makeover. Pop culture, it complains, forces us to manufacture ourselves in the stylized image of our own mass-produced fantasies. The blatant phoniness of this predigested psychobabble is underscored by the soundtrack...

Author: By Nina Kang, | Title: Ignoble 'Savage' Flails and Fails | 2/29/1996 | See Source »

At one end of the ivy-draped practice field, a potbellied man limps along, the cuffs of his baggy trousers rolled above his socks. Alone with his thoughts, he shakes his head in dismay, mutters and then scratches something on a much folded sheet of white paper. You might think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NITTANY LION KING | 9/25/1995 | See Source »

Dying in the bright lights of Vegas, Tommy limps back to his native Blackpool as Vic Torascos, seeking his comic and family roots. The town's main attraction is an archaic amusement park where horror and laughter mingle in a wry microcosm of human existence. At this point, Dickens lends...

Author: By Jason Frydman, | Title: No 'Bones' About This Hit | 4/20/1995 | See Source »

A native of Abingdon, Illinois, and a 1946 graduate of Annapolis, Stockdale was one of the most celebrated POWs of the Vietnam War. Captured in 1965 when he parachuted from his crippled A-4 jet, he spent nearly eight years at the camp known as the Hanoi Hilton. He endured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perot's Number Two | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

Plagued by injuries, the Harvard indoor track team limps into its most crucial meet of the year.

Author: By Ishani Maitra, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Thinclads Limp Into Heptagonal Championships | 2/29/1992 | See Source »

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